Five Essential People Skills Managers Need And How To Strengthen Them
You can be a technical expert in your field, but you also need people skills to build relationships, influence others and create effective teams to meet your companyʼs goals. A truly great manager taps into their emotional intelligence. These skills improve your potential for building relationships and teams, resolving conflict, solving problems, inspiring others and supporting employee growth.
Based on my own experiences and my work with EQ-i 2.0—an assessment that measures social and emotional competencies and skills—here are five essential people skills managers need.
Interpersonal Relationships
Decision-making Skills
Impulse Control
Optimism
Social Responsibility
Read the full article on Forbes.com to learn more about each skill and how to develop it!